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    • Monday, 30 January, 2023
      InterviewBig tech
      Shoshana Zuboff: ‘Privacy has been extinguished. It is now a zombie’

      The professor who predicted that computers would change our lives demands a right to sanctuary from data ‘theft’

      2 hours ago
    • Wednesday, 4 January, 2023
      Meta Platforms
      Meta fined almost €400mn over EU privacy rule violations

      Decision could also force changes to how Facebook and Instagram owner leverages user data for adverts

    • Friday, 23 December, 2022
      Meta Platforms
      Meta agrees to pay $725mn to settle Cambridge Analytica case

      Proposed figure would be largest settlement achieved in a US data privacy class action and biggest paid by Facebook parent

    • Monday, 5 December, 2022
      Julia Apostle
      French Pornhub case shows how hard it is to regulate the internet

      The challenge over privacy demonstrates that implementing new safety laws is not always straightforward

    • Monday, 28 November, 2022
      Meta Platforms
      Meta fined €265mn by Irish watchdog over privacy concerns

      Facebook parent has received almost €1bn in levies from European regulators over data protection

    • Monday, 14 November, 2022
      Google LLC
      Google to pay $391mn in its biggest privacy settlement

      US states claimed location data continued to be collected even after users chose to stop having their whereabouts recorded

    • Wednesday, 14 September, 2022
      South Korea imposes record privacy fines on Google and Meta

      Watchdog gets tough with social media groups over use of personal information for targeted ads

    • Monday, 5 September, 2022
      Apple Inc
      Apple plans to double its digital advertising business workforce

      Move comes just 18 months after tech giant introduced privacy changes that disrupted market

    • Wednesday, 31 August, 2022
      Edtech companies breaking UK data laws, privacy campaigners claim

      Investigation by children’s digital rights charity highlights policies of Google Classroom and ClassDojo

    • Thursday, 11 August, 2022
      Technology regulation
      India pivots to online regulation after scrapping personal data bill

      Minister for electronics and IT says Big Tech is used to ‘little or no scrutiny’ after criticism of government’s plans

    • Monday, 18 July, 2022
      OutlookJessica Rawnsley
      Reversing Roe has sharpened the data-mining threat

      US campaigners worry that fertility apps could be weaponised against women seeking abortions

    • Tuesday, 5 July, 2022
      Social Media
      Ofcom to get more powers over tech groups in online safety drive

      Home Office strengthens UK regulator with plans to amend child protection legislation

    • Tuesday, 5 July, 2022
      Cyber Security
      China censors news of alleged hacking of Shanghai police database

      Purported leak of personal information of more than 1bn people offered for sale for $200,000

    • Friday, 1 July, 2022
      Undercover EconomistTim Harford
      How to save more lives and avoid a privacy apocalypse

      At the moment, we have the worst of both worlds: researchers struggle to access data yet leaks are almost inevitable

    • Thursday, 26 May, 2022
      John Thornhill
      The threat of US data harvesting grows as abortion ban looms

      Preserving digital privacy is a triangular game between users, tech companies and legislators

    • Thursday, 5 May, 2022
      Technology
      Russian forces usurp Ukrainian internet infrastructure in Donbas

      Rerouting traffic to Russia-controlled regions makes Ukrainians’ data vulnerable to interception and censorship by the Kremlin

    • Wednesday, 27 April, 2022
      FT MagazineDave Lee
      The great post-Covid privacy creep

      The technology of vaccine verification is assisting our return to normal life but at what cost?

    • Thursday, 7 April, 2022
      Marietje Schaake
      Privacy concerns should not block EU’s attempts to curb big tech power

      While there are details to come about combining security and competition in the Digital Markets Act, it is not mission impossible

    • Monday, 21 March, 2022
      LexAdvertising
      Digital advertising: companies reliant on behavioural technology need new workarounds Premium content

      Not all big tech groups are ready for new privacy regulations

    • Wednesday, 16 February, 2022
      Technology sector
      Google to limit ad tracking across apps on Android

      Move comes after Apple introduced user privacy measures that shook $400bn digital ads industry

    • Monday, 14 February, 2022
      Meta Platforms
      Facebook owner Meta sued by Texas over facial recognition system

      Lawsuit seeks billions in damages for claims that social media platform harvested reams of data without consent

    • Wednesday, 2 February, 2022
      Germany
      Top German court instructs Facebook to divulge data on users who insulted MP

      Constitutional court ruling allows Renate Künast to consider legal proceedings against authors of posts

    • Monday, 31 January, 2022
      Special ReportFuture of AI and Digital Healthcare
      Rise of tracing apps highlights threats to civil liberties

      Technology intended to mitigate the harm from the pandemic has generated controversy in parts of Asia

    • Friday, 28 January, 2022
      InterviewInformation Commissioner's Office
      UK seeks leadership role in global privacy, says new watchdog head

      Information commissioner believes ‘friction’ in EU data rules gives post-Brexit opportunity to take on Big Tech

    • Tuesday, 25 January, 2022
      Google LLC
      Google changes course on cookies following ad industry backlash

      Search giant overhauls central part of new technology designed to replace tracking files over privacy concerns

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